Find out more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these open education initiatives. Scientists want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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